Printing-machine.



WJMW 11% 1. s. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDYAUGJB. ms.

Patented Nov. 7,1916,

4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

.|. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun AUGJB. ma.

1 203,71 7. jPatent-ed Nov. 7', 1916.

- J. 8. DUNCAN.

PRINTING MACHINE. Armcmon FILED 913- 4 I 1 203 717. Patented Nov. 7,19m. q 4s n'ze sssssss 3.

' nmransmrns rarnnrorrioa JOSEPH s. DUNCAN, or cnrcneo, rumors, issienonro nnnnnssoennria COMPANY,

. OF CHICAGO", ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION ILL INZOIS.

To all whom z't may (50mm Be it known that I, JosnrH S. :DUNCAN, UnitedStates, residing at a citizen of the Ghicago, in the county of- Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful "Improvements inrinting-Machines,

' 'of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates" in general to printing machines and has moreparticular reference to machines of-thischaracter adapted to print twoor more impressions in predetermined relation upon a single-web orsheet.

One of' the primary objects of this inventionis the provisionv of amachine adapted I for use in connection with statements, bills,

more detachable stubs,e'a ch bearing printed matter, common toall'thereports or the like, and variable printed matter which varies with eachreport, the purpose of the present machine being to print automaticallyupon a continuous webor strip of paper the printed matter common to allthe reports,

and the variable matter which changes with each report.

Another object is the provision of mechanism which will so feed a stripof paper through the machine that the common printed matter and thevariable printed matter will appear upon the strip in predeterminedrelation, and. also to provide mechanism for severing the printed stripor web, into predetermined lengths, each' comprising a coInplete report.

perforating each report etween the body portion and the stub and alsobetween the individual stubs, if thereport comprises more than one stub.

advantages of the invention will be apparent asthes'ame becomes betterunderstood, by

p'anying drawings.

reference to the following description when considered in connectionwith the accom Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is Y a plan view of amachine embodying myinview of the impression cylinderh Fig. 4c is adetailed view of the paper severing mecha-,

nism. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear eleva rovide means for Other objectsand many of the attendant Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov;7, M} i I Application filed August Q8, 1913 SerialNo. 787,047. 7

tion showing the driving mechanism for the paper feedin mechanism,inking rolls, etc. Flg. 6 is a ace view of a report with the variableprinted matter appearing thereon;

Fig. 7 isa similar view of a complete report bearing the unchangingprinted matter and the variable printed matter. Fig. 8 is .averticalsection on' the line 8-8 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the duplicating- On top of the machine inbearings 13, 14 and 15 is mounted a longitudinally disposed main shaft16 which may be driven by ower from any suitable source, or, if .preerred,

may be manually operated by means of a handle 17 mounted on the flywheel; 18. The

various mechanisms hereinafter I described are all operated from thismain drive shaft.

In order that the results to be attained by this machine may' be fullycomprehended before .the details of the mechanism, which has been 'shownfor purposes of illustration,

are discussed I desire to direct attention to 1 Figs. 6 and 7 of thedrawings which illustrate diagrammatically vareport which the presentmachine is designed to produce. It

. is well known tb=-those familiar with dailywork reports, telephonebills, gas .bills, ele'ctric light bills, statements and the like, thatsuch reports, bills and statements comprise printed matter common to allof the reports of any specific type and also variable printedmatterwhichis different on each report and refers particularly totheindividual or com-- pany to whom the report or bill is rendered ordesignates the person or object to'which the report refers. The reportshown in Fig.

7 comprises a main or bodyportion 19 and astub 21 capable of detachmentfrom the body portion byreason ofa score line or row of perforations 22.Upon the body of the report appears printed matter 23, and

the stub is likewise provided with printed matter 24, the printed'matteron both the body portion and stubbeing common to all reports of anyparticular'species. Upon the body portion19 and on the stub there alsoappears printed matter 25',- this printed mata 755 from the feedingmechanism teristics, one type of 'ter being variable and diifering' oneach re-Z port ;sent out. For instance, the printed matter, 23 may be inthe form of a receipt WhlCh'theworkman signs when he receiveshis pay andthe 'matter 24 may be an order signedby an Ofl'lCBI Of the companyauthorizing' the paymast er to pay the amount indi-, v-batedonithenstub, The-printedmatter 25 1 may indicate the. namedepartment 'in- .whichihe is .vvorking, the characterofthe work uponwhich he is engaged or anyother information which, of course,,varieswithjthe individuals to whom thereports refer. It will be understoodthatthe word report is to be considered gener ,ically in the followingdescription and com-' prehends vbills, statemehtst vouchers and the likeof various types and while I have shown on the drawings areportoomprising one det'achable stub it will be jnianifest as theinvention becomes better understood that my invention contemplates theprinting of re ports'compris'ing any desired Znumber ofdetacha-blestubs. i i

@A machine embodying my invention utiw lizesa webior strip 26 of paperof there-- quired width for the reports to be printed, which gstrip is.fed from a large roll, or, rather continuoussupply, through the ma-30-chine where. the variable printed matter, ,that"is,tlie individualname andother indi-i; Jvidualinforination which differs on each report,is-first printed on the web at predeter-' f mined intervals in suchposition that it will appearonthe body of the report and also onfi each-"stub. The web is then passed through another; printing mechanism Whichsprintsthemattm bothonthebody and on the stub which is common to all ofthe re- 40 ports ,At the same time the report .is per-T forated,:orscored, between the body and the stub alndalso between the variousstubs,fif more than one stub ,isrequired, and subsequently'the web issevered into predetermined lengths, each-40f whioh 'fo rms acompletere'portL-Y q The web, or strip'ofi paper 26, upon which theprinted matter istofbe impressed is fed from "a large roll "or othersupply- (not 'showngxin any suitable manner, and preferably t e stripispositively drawn or fed from the rollQ by anyv preferred feedingmechanism which may bedriven from the lpulleyr27 on the shaft 16.. Thepaper passes I over a guide roll 30 mounted on the mainframe ofthemachine "from whence it' is fed through an intermittently "operatingprinting Inecha nism which prints the variable matter there 0 on.-- Thedetails of the machine which prints this variable matter need not bespecifically described in 'the present application asthey .may differwidely in their StIllCtlllflLChfiIflCr mechanism suitable for purposebeing disclosed in my prior 5 this ,29 which may-beraised by a' springor other 2 suitable -mechanism and which is intermitgtently I lowered finto of the workman, the

.paper at each"recipr ocation ofthe platen;

, preferred form,

; ranged that a printing device will be retained in operative positionduring one or c sions may be taken rocked, the dog 107 vwill engage thepins 113 a be obtained from each Patent,- No. 803,677, granted Nov. 7,1905. The salient features of such a mechanism comprise, as shown: onthe drawings, a re cipro'catoryTp1aten-28 mounted-on a frame printingposition by cams 31 mounted on "the shaft 16 in position to engage anddepress a'ipairof followers32 carried by ,the frame .29 and, a series ofprinting devices 33 with mechanism for positioning, thesedevices"successively inco- I pperative relation to the platen so that anlmpressionis producedfromfadevice on the Theprinting devices, which maybe of any i such, for'instance, as that disclosed in my prior Patent,No. 1,026,245, granted May 14, 1912, -or No. 1,015,757, grantedJanuary"23,f'1912.; These. devices are stacked ina magazine Matthe rearof the machine fromwhichithey are successively and intermittentl fed toprinting po- 'sition by a chain carrier- .35 orother preferred means,suitable mechanism. such as so an, ink-pad 36 being employed to supply veach dev ce with ink as it approaches printingl osition. ,Thmechanismcontrolling the eeding'of the printing devices is so armoreactuations of the printing platen, so that one or any desired number ofimpresfrom one printing device before i t. is. replaced by another. Forinstance,if-=a report comprising one stub is to be printedfeachprintingdevice will be retained in printing" position-while the platenmakestwo reciprocations, thus producingoneimpression on the body of thereport and anotheron the stub, If a report comprises two, stubs threeimpressions will be taken from each printingdevice.

; The mechanism for controlling the feed ing of the printing devicescomprises a 1m rocker pivotally mounted at 101 and provided with rollers102 adapted to 00-,

I operate with the cams 103 on the shaft 16.

The rocker 100 is connected by a link 104 to an arm secured to the; rockshaft 105 to which is secured an arm.1'06.- A dog" 107 is'pivotallymounted at 108on the arm 106. A spring 109 'connects ,thelug 110 on thearm 106 to one-end of-the .dog'107. The dog 107 is provided with anextended nose -111 and a notch 112 adapted to'engage the pins 113 on'thesprocket 114: about which the chain carrier 35 is disposed. As will bereadily understood, whengthearm 106 is successively to rotate thesprocket 114 and advance the chain carrier.

In order that duplicate impressions may printing device Tprovide a pin115 on the dog 107 which is 1369 I adapted engage a shield 116 pivota1lymounted at 117 on a member 118 which is.

in turn pivotally' mounted at 119 on the frame of the machine. 7provided with a cut-out portion 120' which allows thepin 115 to droptherefrom as the dog 107 is retracted. A star wheel 121 is rotatablymounted at 122 and provided with a plurality of notches 123 which arealter nately deep and shallow. When the pin 115 drops 'past the cut-outportion 120 of the shield 116-it will engage one of the notches. on thestar wheel 121.

When a shallow notch is engaged by the pin 115 the dog- 107 ismaintained in position-to engage the pin 113 on the sprocket 114 andthereby advance the sprocketchain uponforward movement of the dog. When,however, the pin 115 engages one of the deep notches 123- the nose 111of the dog ,107 will pass beneath the pin 113 and consequently, as thedog 107 advances, the .sprocket 114 .will.remain stationary. Upon thesucceedmg movement of the dog '107 a shallow notch 123 will again beengaged loy the pin 115 and the resulting movement of the chain carrierwill ad vance a new printing device to: printing position.

Toprevent overthrow of the sprocket 114 anarm 124 is pivotally mountedat'125 on the frame and is normally'held by. a spring v1,26in theposition indicated in Fig. 8 in which position an abutment on the arm124 is disposedin the path of the pins113. The end 127 of the arm 124 isdisposedin the path of thearm.106 so that as the arm 106 approaches theextremity of its movementin one direction the abutment on the arm124-will be withdrawn 'fromthe path ofthe pins 113and will be heldinwithdrawn position until the sprocket'114 has been partially rotated.'-As soon. as-the arm 124 is released the spring 126 returns it 430-normal position in timeto engage the following desired position. Whenthe shield 116 is moved toward the dog 107 an extension 130 of theshield 116 is disposed in the path of the pin 115 and consequently thedog 107 is prevented from dropping into position to engage the pin 113on the sprocket 114. Accordingly the chain conveyer 35 is not advancedand aplurality of impressions may be taken from. the same printingdevice.

When the shield 116 is moved from the dog 107 the pin 115 -will,nolonger, engage the- I v .r0 1 .56 be1n g continuously. [and positivelyshield 116 and the chaineonveyer 35- will be advanced at each forwardmovement 10f.

The shield 116-is device willbe disposed in printing position the ionseqllently afresh at each forward movement of the dog 1 07.

onthe body and stub of the report by any. suitable mechanism, but Iprefer to utilize The unchanging matter may be printed a rotary printingmechanism, which will now be described in a general way. In the frame1'1'of the machineat one side of and in alinement with-the-platen 28 ismounted e a rotatable impression cylinder, 37 equipped with platesadapted to produce the desired printedmatter on the report. When a re-yport comprising one stub is to be printed the impression cylinder isequippedas. shown in" Fig. 3 with 1 a plate 38 adapted to print. thematter 23 on the bodyof the report". and a plate 39-"adapted to printthe matter.

" 24 on the stub... The plates, which,'o f course,"

areadetachable from the cylinder, are any ranged in position thereon so"that the printed matter 23. and printed matter 24 appear'the requisitedistance apart and the paper later-described, istimed sothat the webfeeding .mecl1anism, which will be with the data 25'printed thereon atprede- V termined intervals isfed to the impression cylinder in such amanner that themprinted matter-23 and 24" appears on the body and stubrespectively of. the. report in predetermined position with respect tothe, data rotatable platen 41, preferably equal in diameterto theimpression cylinder, is

adaptedto 'coiiperate with said impression cylinder to effect theprinting as the paper passes between said'cylinder and platen.

Viewing F igs.. 4and 5 it will be observed.

that the main drive shaft 16 is provided with a beveled pinion 42- whichmeshes with and drives a beveled gear 43 on a transverse shaft 44suitably mounted in the frame and provided at its outer end with a gear45 which through the idler 46' and gear 47 onone end of the platen 41imparts a continuous movement to the platen. The impresequal in diameterto and meshing withrgear 47, so that the impression "cylinder ispositively driven from the platen at the same-- rate of speed therewith.Any suitable inking mechanism may be employed to furnish ink totheplates on the plate cylinder, and.

I have merely shown diagrammatically, .for purposes of illustration; aninking roller 49 driven from the impression. cylinder through gears 51and 52, the ink being suppliedto the roller "49 from a fountain roller53 through the ductor rollers 54 and is disers 55.

in feedingrolls56 and- 57 respectively, the

, "driven." the plate cylinder through the tributed by one or moredistributing roll- The web of paper is directly fed tithe Vimpressibncylinder" by continuously op rat- 11o 'sioncylinder37 is provided with agear 48 tanceto bring the data impressions 25 in proper position on thebody and stubofthe intermediary of an idler 58.9 Roller 57 preferablyfrictionally driven "from roller 56. Since the operation of the printing"mechanism which prints the variable "data 25 on the webis'in thepresent-embodiment of the invention intermittent in order that theprintingdevices may be changed at predetermined intervals, it is ofcourse desirable that the paper he fed'between the platen and apositioned printing ,devi'ceby a step by. step movement, so that-thepaper will remain, stationary while an impressioni25 is being madethereon but will move forward between the successive actuations" of theprinting mechanism. With this end inview I have provided anintermittently operating paper feeding mechanism which vwill now bedescribed.

Between the continuously operated paper feeding-mechanism and theplaten-.28 I have mounted a continuously driven feedingroll 59 which isdriven from the roll 56 through the intermediary of anfidler161. secondroll 62, adapted to -frictionall'y coiiperate with the roll 59, .isimeunted'between thev arms 63 of a bell crank lever pivoted on ,the'mainframe at 64:, the other arm.of this lever being equipped with, afollower 66 0 positioned in the path of travel: of an adjustable cammounted: on the. end-of the plate cylinder. The cam shown in the pres vant-instance is adapted, .tointermittently raise and lower the roll62"at predetermined intervals so' that the paper web will be fedforwardly 1 intermittently the requisite disreport. Preferably the cam"comprises an interchangeable member 70 r i with,

high; and lowportions adapted to cooperate with the follower 66. In theexample shown the-cam has two oppositely disposed low portionsofunequallength wherebythe roll '62 is 'a'llowed to'engage" the web andthrough varying, distances. Adjustability "of the lo'w ortions-of themember 7 O is pro vided for y the portions '67 and '67 "held;inpositionbyjthe bolts- 68 and 68 working intermittently andsuccessivelymove it iin, slots 169and 69'.- The roll'62is positively I 1-,'1 'aisedthe'cam' and is returned to operative-position by means of a spring- 71fas- 7 3, which is to engage the paper and partially retard itsmovement-so-thjat it will be accurately 1fed bythe feeding mechanism.

" the rolls 59 Itwill thus beflniani festthat the rolls 59 and 62 drawthe paper intermittently past the platen 28, so that the dataimpressions 25 are produced thereon at the requisite dis-i tances apartand that" the rolls 56 "and 57 subsequently *feedthe "paper to,theimpression cylinder by continuous movement. The con tinuous'andintermittentfeeding mechanisms .are timed so that the intermittentmechanism' when in operation feeds the paper faster than it is fed'bythe continuous mechanism and the surplus paperdelivered by wardlybetweentheyc ontinuous and intermittentlv operated-mechanism as shown inFigs 2.-'- When, the intermittent feeding and 62 curvesfor folds upmechanism, is idle during .the printing operation of the platen 28 thissurplus is fed bytherolls'56 and 57 to the impression cylinder: Inorderthat the stub may be readily flseparatedfrom the body of the report I prefer to equip the impression cylinder 37 with a rowof pins 76,as shownin -Fig. 3, which form the lineof perforations T22 between thebody andthe stub.

After thejpaper strip is printed and' per- Q forated it is desirablethat it be separated into strips of desired lengths, each forming aco'mpleteieport. For the purpose ofdividingthe web into lengths I havemounteda knife on the delivery end of the machine,

1 which will now be described. Upon the pori tion 77 of the mainframe Ihave mounted a stationary blade 78, over which the paper is -delivered.A knife bearing member 79 carries a shearing knife 81 adapted tocooperate With the blade 78 to sever the paper when I the knife islowered, The member 79 is pivo-ted on Lthe'mai-n frame at 81'and isguided in its movements by. rollers 82 and 83 movable in slots 84 and 85respectively, formed in the frame. The knife is normally old in elevatedposition, as shown in Fig. 4, by a contraction spring 86 secured at oneend to the member '79 and at its other end to the machine frame. Abar 87is pivoted at 88 to the member 79 and. carries at its free end a; roller89 adapted ,toJpe actuated by a cam 91mounted' on the shaft 16. A link92 servesto guidefthe bar 87 during its movement. [The extremity of theknife 81 is ,guided. by a knife member 93 and upper movement of theknife is limited by a stop 94 engaging with an abutment .95 on theframe.At each revolutionpf the shaft 16 the knife 81 is actuated to. sever thepaper,

thereby producing the complete individual reports" r .l is readilyunderstood from the foregomg W1tli'- out'further description, and} whileI have showno and described a "preferred embodi- "ment thereof it willbe "manifest that various changes in the structural deta ls disclosedmay be resorted to without departing 13 v believed that-my inventionwill' be 65 for feeding printing devices successive ing data at.predetermined and successively variable intervals on the web and meansfor subsequently printing on said web anuns changlng impfession inpredetermined relation to said first printed data.

2. In a printing machine, the combination of means for feeding a stripof p'aperthrou'g'h the'machine', means for printing data atpredetermined and successively variable inter-' vals' on said strip,-and means for subsequently printing additional data 'onsaid stripincpredetermined relation to said first printed data. L

3..-In a printing machine, the combination of a manually operatedprinting p1aten,

means for feeding printing devices into opcrative: relation to saidplaten, a rotary im' pression'cylinder, means for feeding a webintermittently and successively variable dis tances said platen, andmeans for feeding the web continuously to said, cylinder. v '4; 1 In aprinting machine, the combination I of a reciprocato fplaten'; mechanismfor feedingprinting devices'successively from a stack to printingposition beneath said platen, a rotary impression .cylinder,-means forfeeding a web of material to be intermittently said platen between thesuccessive operations thereof; and means for I subsequently feedingsaid-"web continuouslyv tothe- 'impression cylinder f 1 p Tea-111 aprinting machine, the combination 1 of. a platen, means v.,-ing5printing devices into operative'relation with said, platen, meansfor, operating said jplaten' at; predetermined"fintervals, :,a con-.ftinuously operating mechanism; meansifor intermittently f ga web ofIpaper'or-the like betweensaid platen and a printing device between thesuccessive op-' .erations of said platen, and means for subsequently:feeding sa'd printed strip by a' continuous'motion to said continuouslyoperatingv printing mechanism.

' 6.111 a printing machine, the combination of a reciprocatory platen,means forsucces- .sively positioning printing-devices in operativerelation tosaid platema rotary im pression cylinder, intermittentlyoperated paper feeding means for feeding a web of paper or the like pastsaid. platen byv a step. by. step movement, and continuously operatedpaper feeding mechanism for con 'tinu'ous'ly feeding said web from saidinteroperated feeding 'meansjto said row' iimi re yfi a V '7. In aprinting'machine', I of anintermittently operating platen,

tke'combinati means 1y to -termittently feed a web 0 successivelypositioning vices in coiiperative relation tos'aid platen,

printed for .interinittently'feed} feedrolls for conveying the paperfrom'said rolls, a continuously operating printing mechanism posi.--

tioned to "receive the-paperfrom sa (1 conoperative positionwithirespeet to said platen, a pair of paper feeding rolls, means.

said rolls to inpaggr past said for intermittently actuating gprintingplaten, a continuously opera 'mechanism, p

paper feeding rolls for-continuously feeding paper from,-. said"intermittently actuated feeding rolls to said printing mechanism.

8; In a ,printing-machine,-the combination of a lreciprocatory platen,means for intermittently operating said platen, means for dataprintingdemeans for intermittently feeding a web of paper between said platenand" a printing device between the successive, operations of I andcontinuously operated said platen, -means' for-subsequentlyprintf ing anunchanging impresslon" on said web in' predetermined relation to the-data printed thereon *by' said platen, means for perforating" said webatpredetermin'ed intervalsbetween successive impressions, and mechanismfor subsequently separatingsa'id web into lengths'between successiveperforas 'tions therein- ,9. In a printing machine,.the combination of amamdrive shaft, a platen intermit-= 'tently actuated from'said shaft'means for automatically positioningdifferent data 'tive relation withprinting devices in Icoii said platen, a pair 0 paper" feeding rollscomprising a roll-mounted j-bearings and a bearings, *means forintermittently positioning. the movablymounted roll in coiiperativerelation with the stationarily-rmounted'roll y to intermittently feed aweb. past said platen, 'a' pain. of 'continuously operatingintermittently operating in stationary roll mounted in movable ftinuously operating feed rolls, and-means for separating the printed'termined lengths.

,10. In a printing.

tion of a reciprocatory' printing mechanism, p e

jweb into predepositively driven roller and a frictionglily drivenroller, 'means for moving sa d tionally driven roller intermittentlyinto operative relation with said positively driven roller, contlnuouslyoperating paper feeding mechanism adapted /to'feed the papercontinuously from said intermittently-operated mechanism, rotatableprinting mechanism,- a-paper perforating device carried thereby,

and means for severing a "printed paper machine, the combina-i feed ngvmechanism, comprising a' tently teens; ton hehahis far-feta j 'ingthepaper ntermittently past said inter said continuously driven roll, andmea ns'for intermittently moving. said second roll to Ward and from"said continuously driven roll,

and a pair of'continuously' operated paper" feeding rolls for feedingthe paper from said intermittently operated feedingmechanism:

to said continuously operated printing mechanism.

( ing a strip of paper successively variable tion of an intermittentlyoperated printing mechanism, means forintiermittently feeddlstances', acont nuously operating printing mechanism comprising an; impressioncyl-' inderend al platen, end menus operated from said impressloncylinder for controlling said intermittently I operative paper's feeding"means. .4 .n 13. In a. pr1nt1ng*ma0h1ne,'the hqmblnation of anlntermittently operatedprinting mechanism, continuously operatedprinting -mecha,nism, means operated from said conti'nuously operatedmechanism for ,intermitr tent'ly feeding a web of paper successivelyvariable distances v pastsaid' I intermittently operated. mechanism, andmeans "for severo i I ingsaid printed stripotpaper intogpretlrif In a pl j e,the'combinw a T a termined' lengths. H o 'is- DUNGA WitnesSesr,

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